Each state has a minimum of three electoral votes, calculated by the combined number of Senators and Representatives that state has in Congress.
Every state has two Senators, and is guaranteed at least one member of the House; therefore, the fewest possible electoral votes is three. California, which has two Senators and 53 Congressmen in the House of Representatives, has the greatest number of electoral votes, at 55.
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If no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the new House of Representatives chooses the President from among the top three,voting by state with each state delegation getting one vote.
Each state gets one vote
Population of each state determines electoral vote.
In the presidential election, each state votes for a delegate that will represent the state in a whole and vote for the president.
If the house chooses the president , the congressmen from each state decide how to cast their one vote. Since there are 50 states, 26 are needed to elect.
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President and Vice President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.
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Congress might decide a presidential election in the case of a disputed or tied Electoral College result. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives would vote to elect the president, with each state delegation having one vote. The Senate would vote to elect the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.
Voted are awarded by population. Some state votes winner-take-all and other states split the votes.
Long question, short answer: the Electoral College.
The Electoral College is a process by which the President of the United States is elected. It consists of electors from each state who cast their votes for the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in their respective state. The number of electors for each state is based on their representation in Congress.
The U. S. Constitution leaves it totally up to each state to decide that.